The site of the new West District Precinct located on Clinton Avenue/Seidler Street in Jersey City.Michael Dempsey/The Jersey Journal

A Paterson construction firm building Jersey City’s new West District police station will receive a partial payment that is due to it, despite a subcontractor’s claim that the firm refuses to fork over $100,000 for work performed on the new station.

Members of the City Council had attempted to block a $236,376 claim owed to APS Contracting of Paterson, saying they wanted the company to come to an agreement with Six Sons, an all-black construction firm that subcontracted with APS to work on the new precinct.

But after a lengthy, post-midnight closed-door session following Wednesday’s council meeting, the council unanimously approved the $236,376 payment to APS, while the $112,488 Six Sons claims it is owed will be held back because the company filed a legal “hold” against the property over the disputed payment.

Though city officials had tried to mediate between the two companies, it will likely stand aside now and let the two fight it out in court, according to the city.

The city is itching to complete the $10.4 million precinct at Clinton Avenue and Seidler Street, which will replace the 140-year-old Communipaw Avenue facility that a top police official has called an “abomination.”

Paul Byrd, co-owner of Six Sons, pleaded with the council Wednesday night to withhold all payments due to APS, saying the firm is bankrupting his small company.

“Our business is going under,” Byrd told The Jersey Journal “We have backed-up payroll; we have backed-up rent; we have guys getting evicted.”

Six Sons started work on the West District precinct with about 30 workers, and is now down to six because of its financial woes, he added.